Abstract:
Phosphor composed of primarily of BeO and more than 0.5% % and up to 10% by mole of at least one activator selected from the group consisting of lithium, sodium and potassium is prepared by mixing a raw material high purity beryllium oxide with at least one kind of the activators of lithium, sodium and potassium and sintering the resulting mixture in a covered crucible at a temperature of 1,500*C to 2,100*C for 3 to 24 hours and is used for a thermoluminescent radiation dosimeter. The material can exactly measure the radiation dose up to a high level such as 1,000 to 2,000 roentogens.
Abstract:
Phosphor composed of primarily of BeO and more than 0.5% and up to 10% by mole of at least one activator selected from the group consisting of lithium, sodium and potassium is prepared by mixing a raw material high purity beryllium oxide with at least one kind of the activators of lithium, sodium and potassium and sintering the resulting mixture in a covered crucible at a temperature of 1,500*C to 2,100*C for 3 to 24 hours and is used for a thermoluminescent radiation dosimeter. The material can exactly measure the radiation dose up to a high level such as 1,000 to 2,000 roentogens.
Abstract:
A phosphor for a thermoluminescent radiation dosimeter, which is composed primarily of beryllium oxide doped with at least one activator selected from the group consisting of lithium, sodium, potassium, silicon, germanium, tin, zinc, cadmium, aluminum, thallium, cadmium and ytterbium, and which is especially adapted for measuring the dose absorbed by a tissue as its effective atomic number is approximately the same as that of the tissue, and has an excellent sensitivity and retention of radiation energy absorbed.
Abstract:
A method of reading out the dosage of radiation to which a dosimeter was previously exposed, by blowing hot air against the exposed dosimeter to heat the same and reading out the dosage of radiation from the thermoluminescence emitted by said heated dosimeter, and an instrument for practicing the above-described method, said method and said instrument being capable of reading out the thermoluminescence of a dosimeter in a simple manner with high reliability and accuracy, irrespective of the shape of dosimeter.
Abstract:
A thermoluminescence dosimeter which includes thermoluminescence phosphor comprising sodium sulfate as the host material and activator selected from the group consisting of dysprosium, holmium, thulium and terbium in an amount of 3 X 10 5 to 1 X 10 2 gram-atoms with respect to 1 mol of sodium sulfate. This thermoluminescence dosimeter is higher in sensitivity and more excellent in energy response characteristic than prior art thermoluminescence dosimeter and can be used to measure gamma radiation by exposing it to said radiation, heating it to about 300* C and measuring the luminescence emission.
Abstract:
This has the accumulation effect of radiation energy and is mainly used as the element for thermoluminescent type radiation dosimeter. It has as the principal constituent a phosphor consisting of calcium sulfate as the principal constituent and other impurity elements such as dysprosium, thulium and the like. It is more sensitive by the order of 1-2 or more figures than the conventional ones and is excellent in the retention of absorbed radiation energy.